597 pages ; 24 cm

"Abridged from the Arbor House treasury of horror and the supernatural."

Grandmasters: Hop frog / Edgar Allan Poe -- Rappaccini's daughter / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Squire Toby's will / J. Sheridan Le Fanu -- Squaw / Bram Stoker -- Jolly corner / Henry James -- "Man overboard!" / Winston Churchill -- Hand / Theodore Dreiser -- Valley of the spiders / H.G. Wells -- Middle toe of the right foot / Ambrose Bierce -- Pickman's model / H.P. Lovecraft -- Yours truly, Jack the Ripper / Robert Bloch-- Screaming laugh / Cornell Woolrich -- Rose for Emily / William Faulkner -- Bianca's hands / Theodore Sturgeon -- Girl with the hungry eyes / Fritz Leiber -- Shut a final door / Truman Capote -- Come and go mad / Fredric Brown -- Modern masters: Scarlet king / Evan Hunter -- Sticks / Karl Edward Wagner -- Sardonicus / Ray Russell -- Teacher's rewards / Robert Phillips -- Roaches / Thomas M. Disch -- Jam / Henry Slesar -- Black wind / Bill Pronzini -- Road to Mictlantecutli / Adobe James -- Passenger / Robert Silverberg -- Explosives expert / John Lutz -- Call first / Ramsey Campbell -- Fly / Arthur Porges -- Namesake / Elizabeth Morton -- Camps / Jack Dann -- You know Willie / Theodore R. Cogswell -- Mindworm / C.M. Kornbluth -- Warm / Robert Sheckley -- Transfer / Barry N. Malzberg -- Doll / Joyce Carol Oates -- If Damon comes / Charles L. Grant -- Oblong room / Edward D. Hoch -- Party / William F. Nolan -- Crate / Stephen King

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